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Who Is Jizo?

The bodhisattva who protects travelers on Earth and the realms of the dead

By The Editors

Fall 2021

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Dharma Day

Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers offers answers to all the questions you were hesitant to ask aloud.

By The Editors

Summer 2021

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The First Precept: Abstain from Killing

Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers offers answers to all the questions you were hesitant to ask aloud.

By The Editors

Spring 2021

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Buddhas Across the Cosmos

Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers offers answers to all the questions you were hesitant to ask aloud.

By The Editors

Winter 2020

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Practice Does Not Make Perfect

Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers explains Pure Land Buddhism’s bombu paradigm.

By The Editors

Fall 2020

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The Buddha’s Guidelines for Simplifying Life

Tricycle’s free online source for newcomers offers answers to all the questions you were hesitant to ask aloud.

By The Editors

Summer 2020

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What Is a Koan?

The following is from Buddhism for Beginners, our Q&A-based website designed to cover the Buddhist basics.

By The Editors

Spring 2020

MagazineHistory & Philosophy

How did Buddhism become a global religion? An overview

The following is from Buddhism for Beginners, our Q&A-based website, designed to cover the Buddhist basics.

By The Editors

Winter 2019

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The Endless Gaze: Mirrors, Cameras, Binge-Watching and Making a Scene

In an excerpt from her new book, The Lie About the Truck, Sallie Tisdale depicts self-consciousness as the human condition.

By Sallie Jiko Tisdale

Oct 19, 2021

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Stepping Back onto the Silk Road

An ambitious retrospective lets us view China’s ancient network of Buddhist caves at Dunhuang through the lenses of pioneering photographers James and Lucy Lo.

By Julia Hirsch

Fall 2021

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Video teachings and discussions with contemporary Buddhist teachers

When You Greet Me I Bow: Relationship, Emptiness, Activism

Poet, translator, and Zen Buddhist priest Norman Fischer shares lessons from his decades of practice: from relationships, to emptiness, to activism, to cultural encounters between East and West.

Norman Fischer

Oct 2021

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